We have been very busy this month with all sorts of activities. We started off by trying to take our Christmas photo. It actually went better than we thought it would, but was over quickly. Brandon thought it would be fun to do one similar to when we were pregnant with Christopher. Now Christopher likes to get Brandon's stethoscope and try to listen to the baby for fun. Then a few days later Christopher and I had the neighbors over to decorate a gingerbread house and have lunch. It was a lot of fun watching the kids work on the house, but Christopher was more interested in eating the candy. THEN a few days after that we celebrated Brandon's 30th birthday! He was on call the night before so he didn't want to do anything big, just dinner at home with us. So when he got home Christopher and I left so he could get a much needed nap in. Christopher then helped me fix Daddy's favorite, Chinese, for dinner. I was really hoping that he wouldn't want to rush into having birthday cake as soon as we finished dinner because the neighbors were coming over to surprise him. He had no clue anything was going to happen when they all showed up and was very surprised. He said it was the best birthday he'd had in a while. For what happens next, read the above posting! : )